I always wanted to do things right and represent myself as somebody that took the art serious and someone that took the business serious also, so I had time to weigh the options and figure it out and do my best to create the situation that was ideal.

It’s a question of whether we’re going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

We give speeches and pin ribbons onto uniforms, etch names into walls. And all that is fine, but too often, all those tributes, all those words aren’t always backed up by action. And that felt like such a stark contrast to me, because, as we all know, our military is all about action.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.

It has not yet become obvious to me that there’s no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there’s no real problem, but I’m not sure there’s no real problem.

I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.

In any decision for action, when you have to make up your mind what to do, there is always a ‚should‘ involved, and this cannot be worked out from, ‚If I do this, what will happen?‘ alone.

I’ve had mixtapes that have been better than albums I’ve heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it.

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There’s always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

I would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, because I would be taking time away from music to tell a big grand story, and spend all of my time and pouring all of my emotions into being someone else. So for me to do that, it would have to be a story worth telling.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.

We have a great group of guys that really sacrifice every night, care about each other, and try to play the right away.

If you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in what a mean way are critics allowed to pounce upon us.

What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?

Finality is not the language of politics.

You’re president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‚right‘ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

People think because I’ve got some success, I’ve made it, but in my eyes it’s like, ‚How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?‘ Not that I’m trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

I am a very emotional guy. What I love, I do with all I have.

I’ve sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don’t need sauce. I know he doesn’t even want you to pour sauce. And I’ve seen customers come in and do that, and I’ve seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I’ve seen him die a little inside.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

I worked my face off.

You should do what other people do, unless you have a very good reason not to.

Once you get on the playing field it’s not about whether you’re liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That’s what it’s about.

The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided.

If you’re a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

The problem with car dealerships is you’ve already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you’re really just going there to talk through some annoying negotiation.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

We misjudge risk if we feel we have some control over it, even if it’s an illusory sense of control.

I’m very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn’t choose.

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.

Fortunately we’re not a public company – we’re a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

To the Master’s honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton’s ground.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

I just was never into performing. It’s just hard work. It’s hard work.

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.